Where does “поползти́” come from?

поползти́ (Russian) comes from Russian ползти́, from Proto-Slavic *pelsti — to creep, to crawl.

поползти́ (Russian): to crawl

Definitions

  1. to crawl

Ancestry of “поползти́”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianползти́to creep, to crawl
2Proto-Slavic*pelstito creep, to crawl
Every word from Proto-Slavic *pelsti →Every word from Russian ползти́ →
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